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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A80233	The comical and tragical history of Fortunatus wherein is contained his birth, travels, adventures, last will and testament to his two sons, to whom he bequeathed his purse and wishing-cap: Together with their lives and death. Abbreviated for the good and benefit of young men and women, whose impatience will not allow them to read the larger volume. The whole being illustrated with divers cuts suitable to the history. Licens'd and enter'd according to order.; Fortunatus. Abridgement. English.		1700 (1700)	Wing C5538C; ESTC R226218	19,654	26

whenever he put his Hand into it he drew out ten Angels of Gold entailing it upon him and his Sons Of the noble Entertainment he had afterwards How he was imprisoned by Duke Rodolphus and suspected as a Robber for his great Profuseness and upon what Terms he gained his Liberty FOrtunatus being freed from another Danger left the City and resolved to go for Paris when passing thro' a great Wood and being at a loss which way to go as he gazed about he saw a comely Shape in Woman's Apparel crossing his way and coming up to him he demanded who she was and her Business in that Desart My Name reply'd she is Fortune and here am I placesed by the Great Distributed and Disposer of all the things by whose command I have Power to give six Things to such as stand in need of them for but one of them can by my means fall to any one Man's share Be prudent in your Choice for you may not chuse again He now supposed he had found his good Angel which made him greatly rejoyce and reflecting on his former Poverty he chose Riches saying Give me so much that I may never be poor again so he well knew what Power Money had in the World it answering all things as make a Knave pass for an honest Man a Fool for a Wit a Dowdy for a Beauty a Coward for a valiant Man upon this she gave him a Purse curiously wrought in Needle-work with various Figures of Providence workt thereon in Silk Gold and Pearl saying Take this Purse and be thankful for it to Almighty God for in whatsoever Land thou art put thy Hand into it and you shall as often as you do so draw out ten Angels of Gold of that Country Coin For this he gave her a thousand Thanks leaping for Joy to which she rep●●● Direct them to the Divine Giver of all things I am but the Hand to distribute them as he Directs For continued she I neither see nor have regard to the Persons on whom I bestow them but am always Hood-wink'd as you see therefore had Wisdom been your P●●●ion she would have taught you better Upon this Fortunatus bowing low begged her Pardon Then she bid him not be proud but always charitable and curteous to the Poor and then the Virtue of the Purse should hold to him and his Children and no longer then directing him out of the Wood she vanished from his sight which made him greatly wonder and scarcely believe but it was a Vision and nothing of Reality in it till coming to an Inn he tried the Experiment and found it to be otherwise But his Garments were so poor that the 〈◊〉 till he saw his Money 〈◊〉 to let him have either Victuals or Drink but seeing him draw out Gold so fast he began to be sweet upon him made him a Fire carried him into the best Room ordering his Daughter diligently to attend him the best in the House being at his Service so that he staid there all Night And seeing a curious imbroider'd 〈◊〉 for a Horse ●e asked his Host to whose Horse it belong'd To none said he at present for it is left here to be sold Upon which 〈◊〉 to beat it no longer upon the Hoof since he had such 〈…〉 in 〈◊〉 to buy a Horse bargained w●●● him for it for 〈…〉 and the next Morning there being 〈…〉 to a Village ten Miles furthe● 〈…〉 stood on a Hill here he put i● 〈…〉 know if there were any good Horses to 〈…〉 ●ost told him there was a Merchant ne●●y arrived 〈…〉 very stately ones out of Barbary which he 〈…〉 at the Feast that was to be held there upon the Duke of 〈…〉 which suddenly was to commence Upon this he desired 〈…〉 the Ho●● seeing him so meanly clad inwardly laughed knowing the Horses were of great Price yet seeing some Money to humour his Guest he went with him and agreeing contrary to his expectation he payed 3 hundred Crowns for them and brought them to the Inn then he supposed him to be some noble Man in disguise especially when he asked him for to help him to two Servants he designing to keep them to attend him But long they had not passed away the time merrily before Duke Redolphus who had bid Money for the Horses sent for them at the Merchant's Price they having differed before but when he understood they were sold he stormed grievously and sent to know who it was that durst buy them out of his Hands The Host told the Messenger It was a Stranger in plain Habit newly come which he at first did not think was capable of purchasing an Ass Whereupon he sent to apprehend him suspecting he had committed some Robbery and notwithstanding all his Excuses he could make sent him to Prison and compelled him e're he could be delivered from the Misery he suffered there to deliver the Horses up to him to pay three hundred Crowns as a Fine set upon him and ob●●ged to depart his Territories with an Oath never to discover what passed between ' em Upon this hard Hap he went to Anguries a considerable City in that Province and there appeared very splendid at the Duke of Saxony's wedding buying him Horses and getting him Seravnts with an extraordinary Equipage so that he past for a Noble Man taking up the best Inn keeping Company and equally spending with the Nobility and Gentry of the best Rank who mightily esteemed him Chap. IV. How Fortunatus took Acquaintance with an Irish Man how they travelled into Ireland view'd St. Patrick's Purgatory how they travelled to Rome and other Places FOrtunatus being at the Duke's Wedding where were many Princes Earls and Lords in the height of their Jollity which was very splendid divers Musicians came in to entertain 'em and amongst others one Leopold an Irish Man they all said They 'd been Gentlemen bred and great Travellers but having spent their Fortunes were reduced to that Employ whereupon they gave them plentifully And an Earl asked Leopold if he would be content to live with him and be Tutor to his Children But he 〈◊〉 it saying I have left my Wife and Children many Years and am now desirousto see them and in Order to it am returning to my own Country Fortunatus observing the Carriage and Behaviour of the Man when Dinner was ended sent for him and contracted a strict friendship with him plentifully 〈◊〉 his Necessities and promised to go with him into Ireland provided he would travel afterwards so passing through France England and Scotland seeing many Rarities by the Way they came to Ireland but Leopold through his long Absence was unknown to his Wife and Children till he made them sensible who he was by many Tokens they had kept in Memory then they receiv'd him with Joy And Fortunatus gave an Entertainment to the whole Town of Wald●in● After this they went to visit St. Patrick's Purgatory with other Rarities of the Country in which descending too far into

siding with him War was deno●●ced but whilst the Preparations were making the So●dan of Ag● and Grief for his Loss died and his Son being given to Pleasure those Military Preparations were laid aside Fortunatus ●aving liv'd long in Pleasure and Plenty his two Sons being grow● to Mens Estate ●e fell sick and calling them to him bestowed his Riches on them revealing to them the Vertues of the Purse and Wishing-cap how he came by them and how the first was only for their Lives so desiring them to live lovingly together and not to part them or ever discover the Vertues of them but use them by Turns in a most devout manner recommending his Soul into the Hands of his Maker he gave up the Ghost and soon after Cassandra through exceeding Grief falling sick of a Fever died and both were buried in a stately Tomb he had caused to be built in his Life time in the Chancel of the new Church he had erected having left bountifully to the Poor and for other charitable Uses Chap. VI. How Andolocia the youngest Son got the Purse from Ampedo his Brother and travelled into France Spain England c. How falling in Love with Agrippina the King 's fair Daughter he revealed to her the Secrets of his Purse and how she got it from him whereupon returning to Cyprus he got by a Trick the Wishing cap. FOrtunatus and his dear Consort were no sooner laid in their cold Tombs but Andolocia the youngest Son being of a rambling Disposition incited thereto by the Relations he had from his Father agreed with his ●lder Brother though with much ado to gain his Consent That four Coffers should be fill'd with Gold out of the Purse that he should have the Wishing-cap and all the visible Estate and he only the Purse to bear him Company in his Travels So setting forward he came to the Court of France held then at Paris the chief City of that Kingdom and here he appeared so splendid in his Equipage and so extravagent in his Expences that he was wondered at by all who took him for some strange Prince and rather by reason of his Courage for in the Justs they were made for Entertainment he unhorsed divers of the Nobility And by his often being at a poor Courtier 's House he fell deeply in Love with his beautiful young Wife and so doated on her that finding her Coy he tempted her with a thousand Crowns for a Night's Lodging with her But she being Vertuous refused it and told her Husband of his lacivious Importunities who though he liked not to be a Cuckold longed for the Money And so they laid their Heads together how to put a Cheat upon him The Gentlewoman for a hundred Crowns getting a Neighbour's Wife to supply her Place in the dark so that when Adolocia thought he had all night embraced the most beautiful Creature living he found by the Morning-light he had only a common Strumpet in his Arms wherefore vexed at and much ashamed of the Trick put upon him he immediately left the City and travelled for Spain viewing all the Rarities of the Country and at length arrived at Madrid now the principal Place in that Kin●●●m where the King's Court was kept there he found them … ng for a War with Portugal and he never having seen 〈…〉 the Field resolving to take this Opportunity 〈…〉 and proffer'd the King his Service who 〈…〉 and made him a Knight hestowing on him rich Presents 〈…〉 to marry him to the Daughter of a Marquess but he 〈◊〉 that saying He was bent on to Travel to se●e strange Lands and 〈◊〉 was ●ot disposed to marry The Wars ending wherein he had done Wonders to his high Praise and Renown he took leave of that Court● and sailed for England where in like manner he assisted the King in his Wars with the Scots behaving himself so bravely that he was taken notice of above all that fought in the Field breaking through whole Squadrons and putting all to the Rout before him insomuch that after the Battle was over the King took him into especial Favour brought him to Court again And one Day entertaining him at Dinner he was so smitten in Love with the fair Princess Aggrippina the King's Daughter that he forgot to Eat and feasted his Eyes only on her insomuch that great Notice was taken of it And from that time he went in the richest Apparel that she might the more esteem him and was foremost in all the Just and T●rnaments He likewise entertained the Queen and Princess at a splendid Dinner and afterwards the King giving very liberally to the Guards and Servants so that they marvelled how he having no visible Estate could live at such a Rate and were greatly desirous to know what secret Mine he had to carry on his Grandure at such a Height This by the Advice of the King and Queen the Princess under took to discover which she thought she might the better do because she perceived he was deeply in Love with her and in a little time she shewed him such Kindness that he was admitted to be in private with her in her Chamber a Favour which none before had received and there being no●e but they he thought it was now his time to declare his Passion which he did in such obliging Terms that she seem'd to be pleased with it only saying Your lavish Expences I fear will bring us both to Poverty should I marry with you He told her that could not be for his Treasure during his Life was inexhaustible and cou'd not be wasted spend what he would Why then says she you are certainly the Son of some great Prince No said he I am not the Son of a Prince my Father is dead his Estate was equal with ●ine and never can be more or less Well replied she satisfie me in this Point and then perhaps I may grant you my Favour for if you love me truly as you say you do you will conceal nothing from me Let me know I say from whence you have these great Riches Ah! said he divinest Lady it was my dying Father's Command not to discover it to any yet so dearly I love you that I can deny you nothing No if my Father's Ghost should now rise and forbid it so your Highness will be pleased to promise to keep it secret To this she obliged herself and he drunk with Love thereupon shewed her his Purse told her how it was come by and all the Secrets of it letting her seeing it experimentally by pulling out several Handfuls of Gold which he presented her with telling her so he could do all Day long and every Day as long as he liv'd This made her inwardly rejoyce and from that time plotted how to get it which she effected under the Colour of a Promise he should lie with her before Marriage if he would swear to be true to her when she had rendred up to him her Virgin-treasure But whilst he